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Politicians have recently expressed alarm at a cross-currency swap conducted between Greece and Goldman Sachs in 2001, which allowed the sovereign to reduce the debt it reported in its public accoun...

The role of derivatives in sovereign and local government borrowing has been in the spotlight since February, when a 2001 cross-currency swap between Greece and Goldman Sachs hit the headlines again. ...

Investors have voiced concerns about proposed upgrades to the credit ratings of municipal bond issuers, after Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service announced changes to the ways in which state...

Fixed income investors believe the recession is over in the US, with the majority of investors predicting moderate growth in the US economy during 2010, according to a survey by Fitch Ratings.
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A year on from the collapse of the auction rate securities market, short-term variable-rate financing in the US remains scarce. In 2009, municipal issuers face surging costs and low interest rates m...

This white paper looks at the Basel Committee's BCBS239 principles, also known as PERDARR (Principles for Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting), which comes into force from 1 January 2016.

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US insurer MetLife is fighting its designation as a systemically important financial institution - a label handed out by the FSOC in December. State supervisors are also questioning the decision: www.risk.net/2391615. Should MetLife be supervised as a Sifi?